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PAT-RICK J. Mceurusss, orNEW Yoeri,y N.

Letters Patent No. 78,466, dated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVED BRIDLE-BIT.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERNE Beit known that I, PATRICK J. McGUlNESs, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new i und improved Bridle-Bit; and I do hereby declare that the followingisa -full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art tomuke and use -th'e same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whieh Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my inventiony when the same is constituted as a curb-bit.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, showing it as an ordinary bit.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

' This invention relatesto a new bridle-bit, which is so arranged that it may at pleasure be used as an ordinary or us 'a curb'hit.

The bit consists of two pieces, hingedcr pivoted together in the middle, one-end of each piece being` connected with the reins, while the other end carries a step,.which is near to the end of the other bar, and which?, when on the rear side of the bar, prevents the two bars from turning independently around their pivot, while, when the stop is in frontmf the other har, the two hars will he turned when pulled by the reins, and will act as a curb-hit in the horses mouth.

A represents one, and B the other bar of' my improved bit.

. These two hars are united, at or near their middle, by a pivot-pin, a, which allows them to turn around the said pin, or to nearly cover each other. The longer end of each bar is provided with 'a suitable ring, b, or other suitable device for securing:r the rein. On the shorter end of each, or of one of tho bars, is a projecting stop, e, asshown. Y

v When the bit is put into a horses mouth, so that the stop c on one bar is in front of the other bar, then the bars can he turned on their pivots, as shown in iig. 1, so that by pulling the reins the ends of the hars will b4`e drawn back against thc horscs cheeli's, the hit being` thus a complete curb-bit.l i

But when the bit is turned around in the horses mouth, so that the end of one bar is in front of the stopv on the other bar, then the stop prevents the bars from being turned around the pivot a, as long as the lends of the bars are drawn by the reins towards the stop, as indicated in fig. 2. The bit, when thus arranged, may be provided with suitable chcek-rings, d, or other suitable cheelvpieccs, which slide on the hars, if the device is constituted as a curb-hit, as shown in fig, 1, and which consequently increase the eticiency of such a curb-bit.

The stops@ may be made in form of loops or eyes, to,rcccive the ends of the headstalls, but the latter muy aswell be secured in the ring b, or its equivalent.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Lettels Patent- As a. new artielefo'i` manufacture, a curb und driving-bit, consisting of the bars A B, provided with rings b,

stops c, and sliding cheek-pieces c2, when said bars are each curved in opposite directions from the centre, all

constructed, arranged, and operating :1s set forth. i

-PATRICK J. MCGUINESS.

I Witnesses:

AWM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

